Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional festivals - Dunhuang colored sculptures in the Mogao Grottoes are made of things added by local people in wheat straw, flax and cotton.

Dunhuang colored sculptures in the Mogao Grottoes are made of things added by local people in wheat straw, flax and cotton.

Dunhuang colored sculptures in Mogao Grottoes are made of local gypsum, wheat straw, hemp and cotton. Dunhuang colored sculptures in Mogao Grottoes are mainly made of local gypsum, wheat straw, hemp and cotton. Gypsum is one of the main materials used to shape the basic structure of color sculpture. Dunhuang colored sculptures in Mogao Grottoes are shaped by local main materials and traditional crafts, which embodies the high creativity and artistic value of ancient Chinese art.